New Delhi, June 16 -- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had filed at least ten mercy petitions with the then Britishers seeking reduction of his sentence, the Hindustva idealogue's grandnephew Satyaki Savarkar has told a special MP/MLA court in Pune, legal news website LiveLaw reported.

Satyaki also said that there were other freedom fighters and revolutionaries who refused to file clemency petitions before the British, Live Law said.

"It is true to say that Savarkar had filed a clemency petition ten times. It is true to say that he was referred to as a 'Veer' when the clemency petition was filed. It is true to say that Savarkar was referred to as 'Veer' even when he submitted clemency petitions ten times. It is not true to say that; it is a con...